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A group of garment workers join as supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) form a human chain marking International Human Rights Day in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec.10, 2023. The opposition allege that thousands of their activists have been detained by security agencies ahead of the country's general election on Jan. 7. The BNP, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, is boycotting the election leaving voters in the South Asian nation of 166 million with little choice but to re-elect Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League for a fourth consecutive term. (AP Photo/ Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh opposition party holds protest as it boycotts Jan. 7 national election amid violence

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

FILE - Ethnic Rohingya men sit on a beach after they landed in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. The U.N. refugee agency on Monday Dec. 4, 2023 sounded the alarm for hundreds of Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift on the Andaman Sea. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah, File)

U.N. warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

Bangladesh's largest Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami's lawyer Matiur Rahman Akanda, addresses journalists after Bangladesh's highest court dismissed their appeal seeking overturn of a previous High Court decision cancelling its registration with the Election Commission in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov.19, 2023. The decision means Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party is not eligible to contest any polls as a party. Bangladesh will hold its next national elections on Jan. 7. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh’s top court upholds decision barring largest Islamist party from elections

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

FILE- A supporter of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League party holds a cutout of boat, their election symbol during a rally, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct.30, 2023. Bangladesh’s expected parliamentary elections will be held on Jan. 7, electoral authorities announced Wednesday, but the opposition reiterated its vow to boycott the polls unless the government hands power to a nonpartisan caretaker administration. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File)

Bangladesh sets Jan. 7 date for elections that the opposition has vowed to boycott

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Australia's Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh congratulate each others after winning the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Australia and Bangladesh in Pune, India, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Marsh powers Australia to 8-wicket win over Bangladesh at Cricket World Cup

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Australian players celebrates the dismissal of New Zealand's Matt Henry during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand in Dharamshala, India,Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

All or nothing for defending champion England against old foe Australia at Cricket World Cup

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Smoke rises from flames near the stage set for a protest by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Police in Bangladesh's capital fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the main opposition party who threw stones at security officials during a rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections next year. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh launches new India-assisted rail projects and thermal power unit amid opposition protests

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Pakistan's captain Babar Azam, right, and Bangladesh's captain Shakib Al Hasan wait for the coin toss before the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Bangladesh and Pakistan in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Bangladesh wins toss, bats first against Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup

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Police detain activists of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) who were trying to enforce a three-day blockade in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. BNP has called for country-wide blockade to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

2 die in Bangladesh as police clash with opposition supporters seeking prime minister’s resignation

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party participate in a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Police in Bangladesh's capital fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the main opposition party who threw stones at security officials during a rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections next year. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh police detain key opposition figure, a day after clashes left one dead and scores injured

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada, first left, celebrates the wicket of Bangladesh's Hasan Mahmud during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between Bangladesh and South Africa in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Quinton de Kock’s century leads South Africa past Bangladesh at the Cricket World Cup

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This photograph provided by the Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Department shows rescuers and others after a cargo train hit a passenger train at Bhairab, Kishoreganj district, Bangladesh, Monday, Oct.23, 2023. More than a dozen people are killed and scores more are injured according to fire officials. (Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense Department via AP)

At least 15 killed and many injured when 2 trains collide in central Bangladesh

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India's Shubman Gill attends a training session ahead of the ICC cricket world cup match against Bangladesh in Pune, India, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Kohli’s hundred propels India to victory over Bangladesh at Cricket World Cup

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French President Emmanuel Macron pays homage to Bangladesh's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Sept.11, 2023. (AP Photo/Yeasin Kabir Joy)

France, Bangladesh sign deal to provide loans, satellite technology during Macron’s visit to Dhaka

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Prize Winner and Founder of Grameen Bank, speaks during the opening ceremony for the One Young World summit at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. 160 global leaders including more than 100 Nobel laureates have written an open letter on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, urging her to suspend judicial proceedings against Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus for alleged violation of labor laws. Supporters of Yunus say the charges are politically motivated because of differences he has with the prime minister. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

176 global leaders and Nobel laureates urge Bangladesh to halt cases against Peace Prize winner

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters march during a protest rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, July 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh’s ruling and opposition parties hold rallies over who should oversee the next election

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Myanmar Military True News Information Team on Sunday, May 14, 2023, buildings damaged by Cyclone Mocha is seen in Kyauk Phyu township, Rakhine State. (Military True News Information Team via AP)

Powerful Cyclone Mocha floods homes, cuts communications in western Myanmar, at least 700 injured

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Locals stand the bank of sea before Cyclone Mocha hits, in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar are preparing to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people as they brace for a severe cyclone churning in the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo)

Powerful Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar, tearing off roofs and killing at least 3

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

This satellite image provided by India Meteorological Department shows storm Mocha intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm. Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclonic storm churned in the Bay of Bengal. The storm is expected to roar in on Sunday with a wind speed of up to 160 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour), gusting to 175 kph (110 mph) between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar, India's Meteorological Department said. (India Meteorological Department via AP)

Hundreds of thousands to be evacuated as Bangladesh and Myanmar brace for severe cyclone

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, headed by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, shout slogans during a rally in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. Tens of thousands of opposition supporters rallied in Bangladesh's capital on Saturday to demand the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resign and install a caretaker before next general elections expected to be held in early 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Bangladesh Surprise: Peaceful protests welcomed

By Shah Ali Farhad